# OpenStreetMap Map Data API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-map-data-api/  
**Provider:** OpenStreetMap — https://apis.io/providers/openstreetmap/  
**Base URL:** https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6  
**Documentation:** https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6

OpenStreetMap Map Data API is one of 11 APIs that [OpenStreetMap](https://apis.io/providers/openstreetmap/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Map Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

Bulk map data retrieval by bounding box

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/openapi/openstreetmap-map-data-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
- **RateLimits** — https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
- **JSONLDContext** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
- **Documentation** — https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
- **RateLimits** — https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/

## Other OpenStreetMap APIs (10)

- [OpenStreetMap Overpass API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/overpass-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-capabilities-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Changesets API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-changesets-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Nodes API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-nodes-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Notes API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-notes-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Relations API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-relations-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Users API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-users-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Ways API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-ways-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Geocoding API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-geocoding-api/)
- [OpenStreetMap Status API](https://apis.io/apis/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-status-api/)

## Tags

Map Data

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